“With this weekend’s launch, FuboTV will become the first live TV streaming platform to offer pick’em games integrated into the video experience with a direct gateway to an owned-and-operated sportsbook,” said Berkley in a statement. Mike Berkley, chief product officer at FuboTV, called the integration and interactivity a differentiator. With the latest move FuboTV is working to beef up interactivity and more seamlessly integrate sports betting on its proprietary platform into the sports-centric live TV streaming service. Those states currently include Arizona and Iowa, where Fubo Sportsbook operates.įuboTV had 10 market access deals signed as of May, with four to five more in the pipeline and expectations to “probably launch a couple of more states before the end of the year,” CEO David Gandler said during first quarter earnings last month. In select markets FuboTV is bringing on Sportsbook integration for pick’ems, where viewers can scan a QR code to place bets with real money based on their picks. Pick’ems will be live around select sporting events, including baseball this Sunday, according to a FuboTV spokesperson.

The company isn’t disclosing details about where or what percentage of subscribers will get access to pick’ems first. That feature is kicking off on Sunday, June 19 to select subscribers before rolling out to the rest of the user base in coming months. Subscribers can participate in pick’ems across FuboTV connected TVs, smart TVs, gaming consoles and mobile apps.Įven though prizes aren’t awarded yet, a demo of the game shows an example of “Perfect Pick’ems” where a user could win up to $1,000 if they pick all correct winners out of several games (10 in the video) The interface also shows players what percentage of users picked each of the teams as the winner. No prizes yet for the free Pick’ems play, but FuboTV said it plans to introduce those later, as well as expand the types of contests and gaming experiences. Users can earn points by picking their predicted winners, and compete against friends and other FuboTV players to climb a leaderboard.

The new free-to-play games are called “pick’ems” and show up ahead of select Sunday games.

FuboTV is integrating its sports betting service into the virtual MVPD's live TV streaming platform, with free-to-play games and FuboTV Sportsbook for real money wagers going live this weekend for select users.

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